MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02817cam a2200301 i 4500
001 2012020837
003 DLC
005 20130322114555.0
008 120522s2012 ilua d 000 0 eng c
010 $a 2012020837
020 $a9780226009193 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $z9780226009223 (e-book)
040 $aICU/DLC$beng$cICU$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPA2387$b.H37 2012
082 00 $a580.1/4$223
100 1 $aHarrison, Lorraine.
245 10 $aLatin for gardeners :$bover 3,000 plant names explained and explored /$cLorraine Harrison.
264 1 $aChicago :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2012.
300 $a224 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
505 0 $aHow to use this book -- A short history of botanical Latin -- Botanical Latin for beginners -- An introduction to the A-Z listings -- The A-Z listings of Latin plant names -- A: from abbreviatus to azureus -- B: from babylonica to byzantinus -- C: from cacaliifolia to cytisoides -- D: from dactylifera to dyerianum -- E: from e- to eyriesii -- F: from fabaceus to futilis -- G: from gaditanus to gymnocarpus -- H: from haastii to hystrix -- I: from ibericus to ixocarpus -- J: from jacobaeus to juvenilis -- K: from kamtschaticus to kurdicus -- L: from labiatus to lysimachioides -- M: from macedonicus to myrtifolius -- N: from nanellus to nymphoides -- O: from obconicus to oxyphyllus -- P: from pachy- to pyriformis -- Q: from quadr- to quinquevulnerus -- R: from racemiflorus to rutilans -- S: from sabatius to szechuanicus -- T: from tabularis to typhinus -- U: from ulicinus to uvaria -- V: from vacciniifolius to vulgatus -- W: from wagnerii to wulfenii -- X: from xanth- to xantholeucus -- Y: from yakushimanus to yunnanensis -- Z: from zabeliana to zonatus -- Plant profiles. Acanthus ; Achillea; Alyssum ; Digitalis ; Eryngium ; Eucalyptus ; Foeniculum ; Geranium ; Helianthus ; Jasminum ; Lycopersicon ; Parthenocissus ; Passiflora ; Plumbago ; Pulmonaria ; Quercus ; Sempervivum ; Streptocarpus ; Tropaeolum ; Vaccinium -- Plant hunters. Baron Alexander von Humboldt ; Sir Joseph Banks ; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ; Francis Masson and Carl Per Thunberg ; John Bartram ; David Douglas ; Carl Linnaeus ; Jane Colden and Lilian Suzette Gibbs ; Sir Joseph Hooker ; André Michaux and Francois Michaux-- Plant themes -- Where plants come from -- The shape of plants -- The color of plants -- The qualities of plants -- The fragrance and taste of plants -- Numbers and plants -- Animals and plants.
650 0 $aLatin language$xEtymology$xNames$vDictionaries.
650 0 $aLatin language$xTechnical Latin$vDictionaries.
650 0 $aPlants$vNomenclature$vDictionaries$xLatin.
650 0 $aPlants$xHistory.